Comanchero Motorcycle Club

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The Comanchero Motorcycle Club is an outlaw motorcycle club from Australia with local chapters in Strathfield , and Erskine Park in New South Wales . The Comancheros are participants in the United Motorcycle Council of New South Wales, which wants to tackle the bad image of the outlaw clubs. However, since the Comancheros themselves have actively contributed to this bad image through their territorial battles with the Hells Angels , the seriousness of their participation in the public is cast into considerable doubt.

history

The club was founded in 1968 by William George "Jock" Ross, a Scottish immigrant, in Sydney . He derived the name from the John Wayne film The Comancheros . In 1982, Anthony Mark "Snoddy" Spencer, who refused to accept Ross' authority, started a second chapter. In the United States, Spencer and his "brother" Charles Paul "Charlie" Scibberas met members of the Texan motorcycle club Bandidos . The two clubs became allies. Later this second chapter became the first Bandidos chapter in Australia.

The original Comancheros and the Bandidos were rivals from that point on. In 1984 there was the so-called “Milperra Massacre” (“Milperra Massacre”), a shootout in which seven people died, including four Comancheros, two Bandidos and a 14-year-old onlookers. Ross was sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement.

The Comancheros and Hells Angels were also involved in a brawl at Sydney Airport on March 22, 2009 . According to the police, a total of 15 people were involved in the brawl; one man was beaten to death. The brawl probably resulted from the fact that a Comanchero and a Hells Angel arrived on the same flight from Melbourne . Four Comancheros were arrested and charged. Comanchero President Mick Hawi was found guilty of murder on November 2, 2011. As a result of this radicalization, New South Wales Prime Minister Nathan Rees increased the police's anti-gang units by 50 officers to 125 men.

In 2009, Australian prison officials accidentally faxed a list of all known Comancheros, along with their addresses and birthdays, to their Hells Angels rivals . In fact, the Hells Angels should have a list of their own members, not their enemies. The officials only found out about their mistake from the press.

With Duax Ngakuru a new president was elected in 2009.

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Individual evidence

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